Taiyo Yuden To Stop Making Blank Media

Good one. Forgot about them. The MAM-A Factory Store: MAM-A Quality Archival, Gold & Premium DVD-R and CD-R I used to use Mitsui, which is what MAM is now.

 

Good but very expensive.
They only use I think Fed Ex for delivery.
I bought the 5 pack of gold silver dvd-rs.
It was around 15 bucks for the media and 15 bucks shipping.
They don't offer USPS shipping.

 

I found an interesting discussion here:

Mitsui / MAM-A gold CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are best? - The Digital FAQ

 

Taiyo Yuden NOS or the Disc Makers options (which are more silver-green BTW) or the CMC TY knockoffs, take your pick. I have no experience with the CMC TY clones.

I would buy as much TY NOS as possible. That is what I did, when I purchased 500 discs last year.

 

So what is the best brand to buy for CDR's?

 

Is CDR still available or has it been replaced by DVD-R?

 

Went to Costco today and they do not carry either one. Bought a hundred Verbatim at Sam's a couple months ago and didn't have any problems. Then again I just burn them for the car and truck and treat them poorly.

 

There are no reasons for me to buy any more CDR's since my car no longer has a CDP. I used to burn CDR's only to leave and play them in my car. Just about all car companies have been phasing out CDP's over the past few years ...

If your car or truck is much older than 2 years, you can continue to enjoy your CD's or CDR's.

 

I have a bunch of JVC CDRs I'm good, but these days I don't really have much use for CDRs...I'm glad I still have some in reserve just in case.